Mode of producing ornamental surfaces



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E. & B. HOLMES.

MODE OF PRODUCING ORNAMENTALY SURFACES. No. 869,244. Patented Aug. 30, 1887.

Wi GIlGSSGS'. Inventors. 6 He m/14 M MM 1 UNITED STATES Parent Oriana ED\VARD HOLMES AND BRITAIN HOLMES, OF BUFFALO, NEW YORK.

MODE OF PRODUCING ORNAMENTAL. SURFACES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 369,24 dated August 30, 1887.

Application filed April 9, 1887.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that we, EDWARD HOLMES and BRITAIN HoLMEs, citizens of the United States, residing in Buffalo, in the county of Erie and State of Sew York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in the Mode of Producing Ornamental Surfaces, of which the fol lowing is a specification.

Our invention relates to the mode of producing ornamental designs on wood or other material. Its object is to provide a cheap and efficient means for ornamenting the surface of burial-caskets, picture-frames, or other similar articles.

It is designed to he used in lieu of the expensive process of carving in wood, and will be fully and clearly hereinafter described and claimed, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, in which-- D Figure l is a sectional elevation cutting through a portion of ornamental work and a piece of wood or other material to which it is connected. Fig. 2 is a front elevation showing a portion of the process; and Fig. 3 represents a side elevation of a burial-casket, showing the completed process.

In carrying out our process we produce the required design in metal, such as brass, copper, zinc, tin-plate, pasteboard, or any material capable of being stamped or otherwise brought up into the desired shape. This plate containing the design is designated by the numeral 1 in Figs. 1 and 2, and is secured to the wood or other material by nails 2, rivets, glue, or other suitable well-known adhesive substance. After the plate or plates are secured in place, we apply an outside covering of cloth, velvet, plush, felt, or any other similar material, 3. (Shown in Figs. 1 and 3.)

This material 3 is secured to the surface of the wood and to the surface of the ornamental portion or design by means of glue or other well-known suitable cement. The cloth, being clearly.

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elastic, may be easily pressed over and into all portions of the design, so as to bring 1t out In Fig. 3 we have shown a burialca-sket, 4, having the ornamental portions 5, G, 7, and 8, showing one of the objects for which our invention is especially adapted; but it may be used for other purposes, and is adapted to be used for any kind of embossed or ornamental work in relief or in intaglio. In some cases, where a smooth metal is used, it may be necessary to prepare the surface or to slightly corrode it with an acid in any well-k nown way, so as to adapt it to receive and hold the glue, if glue is used or the surface of the metal may be finely perforated or roughened in any of the usual ways; but with many well-known cements this would not be necessary.

Ve are aware that pictureirames have here tofore been made having a covering of cloth over a solid molding and kept in place by spun metal rings or bands; and we are also aware that picture-frames have long been made having a covering of cloth, velvet, or plush. \Ve therefore do not claim such, broadly, but

\Vhat we do claim is- The herein-described mode of ornamenting burial-caskets, consisting in first securing to the surface of the casket in the manner described ornamental designs formed of thin sheet material stamped or otherwise brought up into the ornamental forms required, and then covering the same and the casket with cloth, velvet, or other similar material and securing it to the ornamental surfaces and to the casket by cement, snbstantiall y as described.

EDXVARD HOLMES. BRITAIN HOLMES.

itnesses:

Janus Ssuosrnc, A. O. THAYER. 

